The Latest: ‘This is personal’; When should journalists intervene? Public records on deadline

March 18, 2022

■ UNESCO will send body armor to Ukrainian journalists (New York Times) / ‘This is personal for them’: Two Ukrainian AP journalists capture the most devastating moments of war (Vanity Fair)

■ Photographer recounts terrifying escape from Mariupol (CNN) / Ukraine-based journalist on ‘a dignified way to photograph these horrific scenes ’ (KCRW) / Veteran photojournalist in Kyiv describes moment that gave her nightmares (CNN) / Photographers document Ukraine's destruction and ask: 'How could this be happening in 2022?' (CNN)

■ A journalist and a refugee . How one reporter helps cover the war in Ukraine while living through the fallout (USA Today)

■ Weekend reads: The essential value—and deep cost—of reporting from war (Literary Hub) / What you can do to help save Ukraine from a looming news apocalypse (Washington Post)

■ Once motorcade pals , Congressman and White House photographer are now public foes (New York Times)

■ ‘The House Jan. 6 committee has tried to recruit high-profile journalists to write its report about the attack on the Capitol, hoping to build a narrative thriller that compels audiences and is a departure from government reports of yore.’ (Washington Post)

■ Keith Olbermann dishes on MSNBC's attempts to lure him back – and apparent Rachel Maddow beef (The Wrap)

■ New York Times editorial board faces pushback over plan to identify 'wide range of threats' to free speech , offer solutions (The Hill)

■ Bob Iger slams ‘inaccuracy’ in news in Jon Stewart sit-down: ‘News is not news as certainly we knew it ,’ ex-Disney boss says (Deadline)

■ ‘I was just paralyzed by the limitations that I had in daily newspaper reporting ’ (Poynter)

Press Freedom

■ Washington Post wields speech-protection law to fight reporter's discrimination suit (POLITICO)

■ Judge tosses out Project Veritas' defamation lawsuit against CNN (Deadline)

■ Fox News sues Smartmatic over election defamation claim (Bloomberg)

■ Rezaian describes making his '544 Days' podcast about being imprisoned in Iran (NPC)

■ News leaders statement on murder of Mexican journalist Armando Linares López (NPC/NPCJI)

Poll results

A local TV news photographer helped a woman get out of her flooded car this week. We asked you: Should a journalist at work intervene if he or she sees someone in danger?

Your responses:

Washington Post reporter Erin Cox on sifting through public records on deadline:

“Spend a little time up front developing your strategy , and then stick with it unless something huge arises. Closely look at a few records, but only a few. You can develop a feel for what you have and what story they might reveal. Then you can plow through them quickly, tracking what they reveal as you go. I make a lot of spreadsheets so that I can sort and categorize information quickly. I’ve never once finished a story and thought, 'You know, that spreadsheet wasn’t worth it.' ”

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